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This should probably be on DakkaDakka or Warseer, but I'm not a member of those sites so I'll try here. Does anyone know the recipe for painting black to achieve Golden Demon or 'Eavy Metal results? I'm thinking of using it on Legion of the Damned marine chapter. Thanks.

Can anyone suggest some good ones? Generic, non-system specific and preferably free I mean. I used to use something called MyInfo back in the day, but I'm not sure if it would work with Windows 10, nor if it's free. If it's worth paying for something brilliant I may be tempted. And hopefully it...

This is not very well known, but as size increases, dice roll more randomly. Not even manufacturers know this. You're better off with 20mm die for preference, even though they roll loudly. 16mm are okay, 12mm are the least random. The best material is plastic. Gemstone dice (including...

I have it on good account that Rules Cyclopedia is best version of D&D. That includes 5th edition in being inferior to it. Why? Two things, basically. The first is how fast combat runs. Rules Cyclopedia offers the fastest combat of any edition, so long as you use group initiative. This is...

I just wanted to share a way of actually using the quite fantastic Dungeonmorph Dice: http://dungeonmorphs.com/ It vexed me on how to populate these things, then it hit me like a bolt from the blue. Use coordinates. Every geomorph is 10 ten foot squares to a side, with exits always on the third...

Wikipedia trying to delete RPG articles http://timbrannan.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/this-is-getting-stupid.html Here are the articles in danger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Buffalo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Loomis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Soth...

You all know he's being taken out of context, and that he wouldn't support what you're trying to use his words to support. I recently quoted Mearls out of context, a bit of fancy footwork justifying 4E's dissociative mechanics as of Essentials, but I edited it out because times and views have...

Wacky weapons and equipment such as double-ended swords, spiked chains, glowsticks and gluebags. Classes which lack a solid fantasy archetype (e.g. mystic theurge, warlord). Races which aren't classic fantasy enough to belong in every D&D world (e.g. warforged, dragonborn). Heavy orientation...

I've noticed that everything I don't like about WOTC D&D is something with metagame motives behind it. This goes from the art direction, to the new FR, to categorizing classes and monsters, to the blurring of supposedly mundane abilities and spells, to awkward stuff like healing surges, and...

Thought this needed a thread of it's own. No end to the schism, it seems, and no hope of joining a current edition for the foreseeable future if you don't like the cut of 4E's jib. No need for me to check out the 5E books now. :(

An observation...JRR Tolkien, JK Rowling, Terry Pratchett and Gary Gygax are giants of fantasy, and they all have something in common. Tolkien: Started with an elven language, made world and story from that. Character names, history and songs echo it. Pratchett: Most character and place names...

Here's an idea for bottom-up sandbox worldbuilding. Using Arr-Kelaan Hexmapper, create a map which is nothing but sea hexes. Add a single hex of another type to begin an island (e.g. a town, plains, hills, forest etc.), number it, and detail it in some way - anything from a simple...

From RPG.net. Is this true?

If you were to plunder resources for an AD&D 1E, AD&D 2E, Labyrinth Lord, C&C, OSRIC, BFRPG, BECMI, Hackmaster, OD&D or other pre-3E D&D material compatible game, what would your resources of choice consist of? Mine would look something like this: MAGIC ITEMS Encyclopedia Magica Vol 1-4...

Multiple, themed PHBs. You could have a "classic" PHB, a "steampunk" PHB, a "low magic" PHB, a "high fantasy" PHB etc. That way, you could keep the peanut butter of warlord goliaths and warforged artificers OUT of the chocolate of elven wizards and dwarven fighters, if it's not your thing. Or...

This just occurred to me, and I feel dumb for not thinking of it before. 1) Find artwork for a monster you need in the next adventure. 2) Zoom out in paint program until said artwork is right scale. 3) Print out, glue to cardboard or plastic base or token. Walah. Unlimited miniatures on the...

Before people leap to conclusions, this is not a flame or a troll, nor a sarcastic attack on the new edition. I love boardgames, and sometimes think they nail the D&D vibe better than D&D does. How would you run a campaign of D&D in "the boardgame style"? I think D&D 4E offers the possibility...

I think I've pinpointed something that's fundamentally changed about the game. In Talisman and Magic: The Gathering, you don't necessarily think about the gameworld implications of a game mechanic like the Prophetess drawing an extra card and choosing between them, or the Llanowar Elves adding...

Another WOTC creation, another badly chosen name for a core part of the PHB. Concept of a leader class and a fey magic elf race - great, no problem with that. The names, warlord and eladrin, don't work for me. Why can't they just use classic, generic fantasy names? Why are they getting...

D&D's spawned some clones. I'm not completely satisfied with any of them, and in an attempt to work out some way of hybridising what I like from each of them, here's a a summary of what I think are their advantages and disadvantages: D&D 3(.5)E Pros: Codified combat, allows for tactical...